Brothers Air Services Explained

Airline:	Brothers Air Services
Callsign:	BASCO
Founded:	1967
Ceased:	1971 (nationalized into Alyemda)
Parent:	South Yemen Government
Headquarters:	Aden, South Yemen (Yemen from 1990)
Alliance:	none
Fleet Size:	2

Brothers Air Services, internationally known as BASCO was established in 1967 by Sayid Zein A. Baharoon following the end of British colonialism in Aden.^[1] It operated in the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (PDRY) from 1967 to 1971 before its assets were nationalized and incorporated into the newly created Alyemda Airline.^[2]

According to Erich Wiedemann, BASCO flew to Addis Ababa in neighboring Ethiopia, as well as to Assab.^[3]

According to Olivier Roy, BASCO operated weekly flights between Aden and Brussels.^[4]

Fleet details

The BASCO company owned two DC3 aircraft; VR-ABE, Construction No:16583/33331 and VR-ABF Construction No:13475.^[5]

Notes and References

1. https://books.google.com/books?id=82VNEAAAQBAJ&dq=basco+brothers+air+services&pg=PT154 Fair Play or Poisoned Chalice: The Last Years of Britain's Presence and Policy in Southern Arabia
2. https://books.google.com/books?id=SmWi6MIVfmYC&dq=basco+brothers+air+services&pg=PA92 Area Handbook for the Peripheral States of the Arabian Peninsula
3. https://books.google.com/books?id=gTKpEAAAQBAJ&dq=basco+brothers+air+services&pg=PT97 Erich Wiedemann's book "Unser Mann in Timbuktu"
4. https://books.google.com/books?id=7jnvBAAAQBAJ&dq=basco+brothers+air+services&pg=PT33 Olivier Roy's book "En quête de l'Orient perdu"
5. Web site: BROTHERS AIR SERVICES. aden.